Top support for carriages



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TOP SUPPORT FOR OARRIAGES. No. 311,731. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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FREDERICK EGE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANTONIO DONDERO, OF SAME PLACE.

TOP-SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGES.

QPECIFICATION torining part of Letters Patent No. 311,731, datedFebruary 3, 1885.

App ication filed June 23, 1584.

To all!) whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, Fannnnrcir Eon, of Detroit, countyof \Vayne, andState of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Childs-Oarriage -Top Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of supports used in securing a shadeor canopy to a childs carriage, which are held by a single red or shaft,said top or canopy being adapted to turn from side to side of thecarriage to shade the child; and my invention is so con structed that around or square supporting rod or shaft may be used and readilyadjusted, as hereinafter set forth; and my invention consists in thegeneral construction of parts.

In order to aid others skilled in the art to which my invention belongsto make and use it, I will proceed to describe its construction andoperation with reference to the several drawings forming a part of thisspecification in which Figure 1 is a perspective in detail. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the same, showing the parts in proper position.

In the drawings, A represents the outer plate or part of my device, theinner face of which is provided with vertical recesses r r. The endportionsof said plate have screwthreaded thimbles c 0. At the center isa yoke 0r recess having sloping sides I) D. The bottom of the recess, onopposite sides, is provided wit-h a series of penetratingteeth, t L. Thecentral portion of the yoke is chambered, as shown at a", beingsuificiently long and deep to allow the thimble U to lie within saidchamber, as shown in Fig. 2. The thimble 0 has a screw-threaded shank,66*, cast thereon, which passes through a hole in the hub a of the plateA. (See Fig. 2.) The handwvheel h has an internally-threaded huh, Iprovide the outer end of the shank with a head, a, which prevents thewheel from coming off or being lost.

The above-described parts are attached to the outside of the body ot'thecarriage. W'hen the bodies are woven of willow, the uprights over whichthe fabric is woven produce swells (Model) or enlargements. (See Fig.2.) These are covered by the recesses r r of the plate A and recesses rr of the plate 13. The plate B is located on the inside of the carriageback or body, the parts being secured together and to said carriage backor body by two screwbolts, 1) l), which pass through the eyes 2 z of theplate B, all of which is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The rod R. supportingthe carriage top or canopy, should be snfliciently small to slide freelywithin the thimble C. The rod may be round or square. W'hen a round rodor support is u zed,heinginserted into the cylinder 0, it can be r iisedor lowered by sliding through the same, and can be turned around to anyposition required. hen the canopy or cover is properly adjusted, it isheld by turning the wheel hi0 the right, which forces the cylinder 0into the chamber 0, which brings the supporting-rod It or f against theteeth t t, which holdsaid rod rigidly, as shown in Fig. 2.

I have shown in Fig. 2 a square rod or support, f, which is held bypressing one of the sides against the toothed bearings 15 t, and the topmay be turned partly around, so that a corner of the square rod willfill the space between the teeth, as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 2,when tightening of the wheel 71 will cause the thimble O to crowdagainst the 0p posite corner of the supportingrodfand to turn saidsquare rod. The wheel h is loosened sufficiently to crowd the cylinder'0 back far enough to allow the corners of the rod fto turn within theenlarged part of the yoke between the sloping sides D D. It will beobserved that the toothed hearings will hold said top-supporting rodfrom working up or down, also from turning, as the teeth are madesufiiciently hard to penetrate the supporting-rod, whether round orsquare.

In attaching to the bodies of carriages having a solid or wooden back(not woven) the plate B may be dispensed with, and the plate A may besecured to said body by screws passing into it, or in any suitablemanner common with such devices.

Having described my present invention in the most exact terms that I cangive, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

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1. In an adjustable top-support for a childs carriage, the plate A,having the toothed bearinclined side flanges, D D, toothed bearingst't,

screw-threaded thimbles, e e, of acylinder, hav- I 5 ing screw-threadedshank a hand-wheel. h, of a top-supporting rod, and the plate B, havingvertical recesses a" 1" and ears z 2, said plate being attached on theinside of the body,and secured to said body by screws or bolts 5 1), sub20 'stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FREDERICK EGE.

Witnesses:

RoscoE B. WHEELER, J OHN DONALDSON.

